Black and white dress with flowers

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white synthetic knit dress with fabric flowers. The dress has a rounded neckline and cap sleeves with gathers at the shoulders and is finished with a corded stitched overlock hem. Slits are present at the exterior sides of the sleeves that tie at the bottom. The bodice of the dress is made of cream and black fabric. The cream fabric is cut diagonally and extends from proper left shoulder to the proper right waist. Two circular flowers made of peach and salmon colored synthetic knit fabric and leaves made of teal and green synthetic knit fabric are pieced along the front of the bodice. Black glass beds are stitched to the center of each flower. The dress is gathered at the waistband and flares out at the bottom, ending in a corded stitched overlock hem.

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